Talk:Criminal tattoo
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[edit] level of info
I think the level of info for the Japanese section is currently about right. I'm based in Europe so don't know much about the US stuff. Please add anything you know! If there are other countries you can add (Mexico and S America?) please do! I have a copy of Baldaev's book and will try to add a bit more on the Russian stuff.
[edit] for some reason
For some reason the version shown on screen is not the latest version. I suspect this may be due to a cached version but maybe there's a glitch in the wiki?
[edit] Pics
It would be nice to have some pics of tatts in question.
- Nothing here about swallow tattoos on the necks and hands? I've always thought that this was a British prison thing.
- swallows are a sailor tattoo i thought?
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- Swallow tattoo's are a "safe passage" tattoo. Nothing to do with criminals specifically. --Threatis 13:03, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
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- Could be but I can'tthink of one person I know of with the swallows on hands who hasn't been isnide, and been told that it's something someone gets done at the end of a longer sentence to symbolise freedom. Just a thought though, probably has roots from all over.
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[edit] teardop
I had heard that the teardrop tattoo by the eye meant that the one displaying it had killed a police officer ... anyone else heard this?
It actually stands for a fallen brother when they display the teardrop.
Just in case you wanted to know, the US rapper "the Game" has one of thse below his eye after his brother got shot dead
[edit] Another one
A dot between the knuckle and joint of the pointer finger on the right hand and a dot on each finger between the knuckle and joint of the left hand (minus the thumb) is a northside tattoo. I don't got a reference but I know for a fact I am correct if anyone wants to look for one. 70.96.235.178 20:39, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Russian Tatto?
This page still needs a lot of work, and I can't tell if the Russian tattoos are an elaborate joke.
My main query however this line:
- Swastika - is forcibly applied to forehead and marks one for death, or is a sign of rebellion against russian prison authority. Is not usually associated with the nazi swastika.
If it marks one for death why would anyone want to have it tattooed for any other reason?! Bug 13:23, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
The russian page isn't an elaborate joke, it maybe incomplete and even inaccurate in some specific meanings. But it's basically on the right lines.
I don't know about a Swastika on the forehead. But within a "normally" placed tattoo it isn't a nazi logo or a death sentence: it's more a willing show of defiance against the CCCP/soviet system (think of WW2 Eastern Front ie. your enemy is my friend). It doesn't even seemed to be used as an anti-semitic sign.
Not saying that there aren't plenty of anti-semitic tattoos, but the ones I've seen are more male stereotypical portrait type (hooked nose etc.)
--Selton1968 00:27, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] the yakuza
There is nothing included in the page about the Yakuza and their tradition of tattooing members. A section on the Yakuza is most definitely needed. -sohoisdead 20.3.07
